On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 12:38:07PM +0300, Mikko Rauhala wrote: > ti, 2008-07-29 kello 20:53 +0200, Marcus Bauer kirjoitti: > > I'm a huge Openstreetmap fan but until OSM is ready for routing this > > will take at least five more years, probably ten. > > That's probably true _if you drive a car_ (though even for that it can > be a handy help, especially in areas that don't happen to have lots of > turn restrictions, though you of course don't want to just blindly drive > listening to it anyway). > > Us others want navigation too and are considerably less hampered by > OSM's current lackings. 'course, there are other projects than TangoGPS, > but it seems otherwise nice so one would like it to include this as > well. As long as I'm not coding it, it's not my call, of course :] > > PS: Kudos for your work and all, but with all your hyperbole, jumping to > conclusions, accusations of lying and stuff, you might want to take a > step back for a breather if you want, you know, people to bother to > listen to you instead of just wanting to rant wildly. >
I have a really dumb question: What is the point of having GPS anyway? I don't travel much, so perhaps that's why I just don't get it. If I'm navigating around a strange city, though, a hardcopy map is plenty good. I spend most of my time walking or taking public transport, within a very short radius, in an area I already know very well. I'm just not getting what's cool or exciting about GPS. -ken _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community